Evaluating only CreditAI’s profile at its peak — without knowing the outcome — the model ranked Unit economics as the #1 likely cause. That’s exactly how it died.
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Documented cause
CreditAI built an alternative credit scoring platform for Nigeria's unbanked population, using mobile and behavioral data to underwrite micro-loans. The platform grew to $8M in monthly disbursements by 2021. The Central Bank of Nigeria's 2021 lending rate cap, combined with 40%+ naira devaluation against the dollar in 2022, made the USD-denominated capital stack structurally unviable: the company was lending in naira, funding in dollars, and capped on the interest rate it could charge to cover FX losses.
Lesson
“For Nigerian fintech lending: raise local-currency capital where possible, maintain FX hedging, and model CBN interest rate cap scenarios before projecting profitability.”